Absent a Miracle

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Publication Year:
2009

ISBN-13: 9780547488615

<DIV><B>An ex&ndash;talk show host, her cheating husband, and a plot to canonize a friend&rsquo;s Nicaraguan aunt make for &ldquo;pure, unadulterated adulterous entertainment&rdquo; (<I>The&#160;</I><I>New York Times</I>).</B><BR /><BR /> Lapsed Catholic Alice Fairweather is searching for meaning. Having lost her ideal job as a radio talk show host who interprets dreams, hopelessly in love with a husband who loves too many other women, and stuck in upstate New York with her sons and dogs, one of whom is ill, her life isn&rsquo;t exactly what she envisioned as a young girl. So when Abelardo, her husband&rsquo;s former roommate, comes to visit on a quest to make his aunt the first Nicaraguan saint, it feels like a sign.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> Suddenly, Alice finds herself on a madcap mission to canonize a woman she&rsquo;s never met, becoming intimately acquainted with the history of female sainthood, striking up an odd friendship with the eccentric head of New York&rsquo;s hagiography club, and traveling to Nicaragua on a last-minute flight.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> Equal parts moving and hilarious, <I>Absent a Miracle</I> is a quirky and sharp look at love, loss, identity, faith, marriage, and&mdash;of course&mdash;sainthood.</DIV>